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Senate Actually Does A Good Thing

on 9/12/2007 9:30:59 PM

I am so used to our elected "representatives" screwing us over that I am actually surprised when they do something that is actually in our best interest. The Senate did such a thing today when they voted 74 to 24 to cut off the funding for the Mexican […]

We Need A Liberal President

on 8/16/2007 8:28:18 PM

I think this country needs to elect a Liberal President. Yes, it would mean tax increases and most likely would mean rampant government spending. Yes, it would result in an increased Nanny State. Yes, it would probably wreck our economy. Yes, it would […]

Socialism Is The Right Way To Go

on 2/12/2007 8:35:06 PM

Let's face it; Capitalism is a bust. The economies of the capitalist countries are rapidly failing, greed and corruption are rampant, and the standard of living in these countries is among the lowest in the world. The wealthy capitalists are getter […]

Sick Politics

on 10/3/2006 10:43:44 PM

This is just sick and is a prime example of what is seriously wrong with American politics. There is an elected Congressman that sent some rather nasty messages to an underaged page. Ok, it's a sick, illegal, and perverse thing to do. It was found out. […]

Political Ads Suck

on 9/3/2006 8:39:57 AM

I really hate election years. We are inundated with political campaign ads and the majority of them don't bother telling us why we should vote for the candidate the ad supports, but rather why we shouldn't vote for whomever they are running against. […]

For everyone whining that the trucking companies care about profits... don't you do your job for the profits? If it cost you to do you job, would you do it? Give me a break!

in Senate Actually Does A Good Thing on 9/28/2007 5:04:59 AM

Positive changes don't come from quitting, they come from working for those changes, which is what many of us are doing.

Absolutely!

And giving open access to illegal Mexicans won't help in the long run either.

in Senate Actually Does A Good Thing on 9/27/2007 1:35:35 PM

ure, granted, we've got problems galore in the trucking industry in this country....but why add "x" amount of grief to them by allowing undocumented, no-one-knows-who Mexicans and their vehicles with no-one-knows-what loads open access to our roads?

Allowing Mexican trucking open access in our country is a small part of the North American Union vision that Pres. Bush has going with Mexico and Canada.
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The Mexican trucks will be checked out more than our trucks...We have trucks running here that are in worse shape than any mexican truck...Don't buy into the propaganda these trucking companies are trying to sell you...Everyone knows this is about greed...The government is on the verge of canceling it's funds to trucking schools that are operated by these huge companies,Swift,Warner,C.R England, Hogan, and several others,because of turnover rates, the government has banned their commericals on T.V in the last couple of months,commericals that speak about yearly income, and job responsibilty, they were deemed inacturate...There are tons of problems in this industry, "the job" Is the coal mining, or sharecropping of the 21st century...So let the Mexicans have it, because our governments answer for control is to do it though the drivers, and thats less than 20% of the problem...Mexicans you can treat anyway you want, they are not U.S citizens...As far as the union companies go,who cares what they stand for, they stood for deregulation which is causing alot of the problems that exist today in this industry...MEXICAN TRUCKS WILL REDUCE SHIPPING COST...Remember this protest is not about safety, I've already addressed that in my past blogs related to this....And remember all these U.S companies got into business after 1980, and deregulation they have been driving freight rates down, now with fuel being so high they can't do business they way they were in the late 80s and 90s,and with Clinton activateing NAFTA they have no choice...I knew this was coming, and I am glad, I was an owner operator for 10yrs and a company driver for 15yrs now I am a mechanic in the industry, and a advocate for U.S drivers getting out of this pathedic industry....It is devalued to the point it is not worth doing...Our shop rate is $90 an hour we just had a $5 increase...Truck drivers in this country have not had a increase in 20yrs...LET THE MEXICANS HAVE THE INDUSTRY...

in Senate Actually Does A Good Thing on 9/27/2007 9:10:56 AM

Sure, granted, we've got problems galore in the trucking industry in this country....but why add "x" amount of grief to them by allowing undocumented, no-one-knows-who Mexicans and their vehicles with no-one-knows-what loads open access to our roads?

Allowing Mexican trucking open access in our country is a small part of the North American Union vision that Pres. Bush has going with Mexico and Canada.

You guys are living with the negative consequences.

in Senate Actually Does A Good Thing on 9/26/2007 3:32:02 PM

MasonM, Canadian trucks have all but stopped running the U.S, They run close to the border and ya no why? Because their dollar is worth the same as ours, When they were running here they made money... But they can't anymore, it costs them more to run over here, with insurance, and we have to many toll roads, and our fuel is no longer cheaper...Thanks to Reagan,and Carter ,we have morons running this industry...And all these lobby groups like the ATA,OOIDA, they are a joke ooida has an office in Grain Valley. MO,near Kansas City, they have enough truck parking for 5 trucks...Thats looking out for the truck driver is'nt it? Don't be so eager to defend the U.S companies opposed to Mexican trucks coming over belive me it has nothing to do with safety...Most the U.S companies are not quote SAFE...

in Senate Actually Does A Good Thing on 9/26/2007 10:08:33 AM